Microsoft Windows Live
Messenger, 156–157,
160–162
Microsoft Windows
operating system, 69
Microsoft Windows
Photo Gallery, 129
Microsoft Windows
Security Center,
310–311
Microsoft Windows
Update, 305–309
Microsoft Windows Vista
taskbar, 69
Microsoft Xbox, 200, 232
minors, protecting
blogging, 222–225
content filtering, 243
criminal grooming,
241–242
cyberbullying, 234–239
e-mail, 216–217
gaming, 232–234
instant messages,
217–219
mobile phones,
227–229
overview, 211
parental controls, 243
protecting self, 244
quizzes and surveys,
225–226
responsibility for,
343–344
safety checklist, 213–216
at school, 231–232
sexual abuse, 242–243,
332
sexual predators, 239–241
social networking sites,
219–221
texting, 227–229
use of Internet, 212–213
MMOGs (massively
multiplayer online
games), 203–205
MMS (Multimedia
Messaging Services),
351
mobile computing, 351
mobile phone
children, 227–231
gaming, 202–203
safety, 328–330
moblog, 128
mood disorder, 281
MOV (QuickTime movie)
format, 136
Moving Picture Experts
Group (MPEG)
format, 135
Mozilla Firefox browser,
64–65, 145, 322–323
MSN Zones, 198
Multimedia Messaging
Services (MMS), 351
music, accessing online,
207–209
MySpace, 13, 344
- N •
names
of family members,
141–142
hiding in e-mail, 44–45,
99–101
National Arthritis
Foundation, 296
National Association of
Boards of Pharmacy,
284
National Center for
Missing and Exploited
Children, 242
National Fraud Informa-
tion Center, The, 251
navigating safely. See also
browser
ads, 82–84
downloading, 85–87
overview, 63–64
privacy policy, 68
searching, 78–82
Web site rating services,
67
Netflix, 207
Network and Internet link,
Windows Vista, 326
Network and Sharing
Center link, Windows
Vista, 326
Never Check for Updates
option, Windows
Update, 306–307
New Folder button,
Internet Explorer, 75
New Tab button, Internet
Explorer, 71–72
newspapers, information
exposure via, 139
nickname, 354
Nintendo Wii, 200
no-risk money-back
guarantee, 290
Notice of Privacy
Practices, 270
- O •
operating system, 2, 69,
303, 328
Opinion Research
Corporation, 279
Options dialog box
Firefox browser, 322
Windows Defender, 316
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